As Reported by the Senate Health Committee              1            

122nd General Assembly                                             4            

   Regular Session                              Am. S. B. No. 183  5            

      1997-1998                                                    6            


   SENATORS DRAKE-SHEERER-FURNEY-J. JOHNSON-SUHADOLNIK-McLIN-      8            

                          HOWARD-HAGAN                             9            


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             To enact section 5.2214 of the Revised Code to        13           

                designate the month of October as "Ohio Hepatitis  14           

                C Awareness Month."                                             




BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:        15           

      Section 1.  That section 5.2214 of the Revised Code be       17           

enacted to read as follows:                                        18           

      Sec. 5.2214.  THE MONTH OF OCTOBER IS DESIGNATED AS "OHIO    20           

HEPATITIS C AWARENESS MONTH," TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF      21           

HEPATITIS C AS AN EMERGING HEALTH CONCERN.                         22